CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Type of egg dish (6) 4 Hypocritical couple dealt with (3-5) 10 Pole received by more mature artist (3,6) 11 Haggard, relative after touch of gout (5) 12 Players must hold an ace in this game (7) 13 Base of British Legion abroad (7) 14 Volley from Sarah, playing against Oscar (5) 15 Tree got damaged after onset of great ball of fire (2-6) 18 Drink in Cheers, embracing single girl (3,5) 20 Small island about to disappear (5) 23 Agree to collect travel document in a port on the Danube (4,3) 25 At home, admirer cheers Spanish princess (7) 26 Ill-tempered woman ignoring a sign (5) 27 White stone in altar base cracked (9) 28 Admirable place in Scotland, reportedly (8) 29 Peashooter, say, with no pea? Useless (6)

DOWN

1 Cabinet needs to prove argument …(8) 2 … having spoken about row first, maybe (7) 3 Where one may be taught style, given opportunity (9) 5 Argument upset supremo with excellent business funds? (7,7) 6 Character from Oliver! with cigarette — that’s cool? (5) 7 Break up street fight after start of carnival (7) 8 Diane on the river in a state of indecision (6) 9 In a state of open hostility? War gets grandad upset (2,7,5) 16 Meet a firm struggling in period allocated? (9) 17 Ordeal on last test drive (5,3) 19 Opposite of how poetry may be written (7) 21 Below southern half of Cannon Street, work round the clock (3-4) 22 Cards produced by Kay Evans after a shuffle (6) 24 Look gloomy and threatening, boat having left (5)